On January 26, 2011, 27-year old elementary school teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead inside her locked Philadelphia apartment. She had a total of 20 stab wounds to her chest, stomach, and back of her neck. The initial autopsy ruled her death a homicide until the ruling was revered a few weeks later to suicide….
Read MoreEllen Greenberg, a 27-year old teacher at Juniata Park Academy in Philadelphia was found dead inside her apartment with 20 stab wounds. The medical examiner initially ruled her death a homicide but was changed to suicide after pressure from the police. PHOTO SOURCE: CBS News Ellen had 10 stab wounds to the back of the…
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Christian Andreacchio, a 21-year old from Meridian, Mississippi, was found dead inside his apartment from a single gunshot wound to the head. His death was ruled a suicide but the circumstances surrounding his death left his family wondering what really happened inside that apartment in February 2014. Was this a tragic suicide? Or was there…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On February 26, 2014 in Meridian, Mississippi, 21-year old Christian Andreacchio was found dead inside his apartment from a single gunshot wound to the head in an apparent suicide. Andreacchio worked on a tugboat and was on his way to becoming the youngest captain….
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Between September and October 1982, seven people throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area were killed after ingesting the over-the-counter painkiller Tylenol. The pills were discovered to have been laced with cyanide. Their deaths sent shock waves throughout the country and forever changed the way we take medicine in the United States. The person behind the…
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On Thanksgiving day 2009, four members of the same family were shot and killed by another family member. Following the murders, the shooter evaded police capture for five weeks. What caused the shooter to turn the gun on his very own family?
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On Thanksgiving Day 2009, four members of the same family were shot and killed after eating dinner in Jupiter, Florida. Paul Michael Merhige, 35-years old, sat down for Thanksgiving dinner with his family. After the family cleared their plates, they gathered together around the…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! The Chicago Tylenol murders occurred between September and October 1982 throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area. During this time, seven people were poisoned and killed by Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. Many others were killed from “copycat” killers who…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On November 17, 1978, four employees at a Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana went missing during their closing shift. When the manger and the police arrived at the fast-food chain, they noticed that the back door was left unlocked and $581 in cash…
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In November 1978, four employees of a Burger Chef fast food chain in Speedway, Indiana were murdered in cold blood. A poorly investigated crime scene led the murders to become a cold case lasting over 4 decades. Will forensic science be able to finally solve the Burger Chef murders?
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